The 2017 Japan Women's Sevens is the fourth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the inaugural edition of the Japan Women's Sevens. It is scheduled for the 22–23 April 2017 at the Honjo Athletic Stadium in Kitakyushu.
Format The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams The participating teams include:
Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007221+51932016232+30731025250+2530031093–833
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009112+79932019124+67731023482–485300310108–983
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330010129+72932015844+14731023856–18530031583–683
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
5th Place
Cup
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 16 4 14 5 12 6 10
PlaceTeam Points 7 8 8 6 9 4 10 3 11 2 12 1
Source:
See also World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series World Rugby
References